Leader Chris Hipkins says Labour wants more than one term to deliver. Labour leader Chris Hipkins against tolls on Auckland Harbour Bridge, unsure on second crossing fundedThe opposition leader is against tolling motorists $9 to cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge, and is unsure about where the money will come from to pay for a second crossing. Last week, the Infrastructure Commission suggested to the Government a toll as high as $9 each way would need to apply to both the new and existing crossing to cover the costs of building a second Waitematā Harbour crossing. In his state of the nation speech yesterday, Chris Hipkins said if Labour came into power, it wouldn’t toll the existing harbour bridge. “Labour supports a second harbour crossing.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 24, 2026 04:14 UTC